The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says refusal of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands, such as non-implementation of NEEDS Assessment report of 2014 in the sector nor release of any revitalization fund to the sector despite assurances since 2017, informed the ongoing industrial action.
President of the union Anderson Ezeibe said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the following demands were communicated to the government through the Ministries of Education; as well as Labour and Employment and indeed other ministries where our members offer services through various monotechnics.
“The non-release of the 10-month arrears of minimum wage owed our members in Federal Polytechnics and non-implementation of the same in several state-owned institutions. This is despite a directive for the payment of these arrears since December 2019.
“Continued victimization of officials of our union as seen in Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu; Federal Polytechnic, Mubi; as well as Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo.
“This situation has degenerated to the clamping down and brazen illegal seizure of the properties of our union by the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa.”
